New York City Fire Insurance Atlases

Fire Insurance maps are some of the most detailed city maps published, showing building structures, lot dimensions, shoreline locations and sometimes, property ownership. At the NYPL we have an extensive collection of these maps, originally published as atlases, primarily covering the New York City area. In the past two years, we have digitized close to 2,700 pages from some 42 of these atlases. Also included in this collection of digital images are zoning maps as well as detailed topographic surveys conducted by some of the boroughs. We are in the process of creating Google Earth based indexes for these collections. Please see the attached file at the bottom of this post.

The following is a chronological list of atlases arranged by borough from the NYPL Digital Gallery.

Bronx

Robinson, Elisha. Certified copies of important maps, v. 1, 1888-1897

New York Topographic Bureau. Bronx, West, N.Y. 1:1,800, 1892-1895

Hyde, E.B., Atlas of the borough of the Bronx, 1901

Bromley, G.W., Atlas and owners names, borough of the Bronx, 1904

Bronx Topographic Bureau. Bronx, East, N.Y. 1:1,800, 1905

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the Borough of the Bronx, 1921

Brooklyn

Perris, William, Maps of the city of Brooklyn, 1855

Perris, William, Plan of the city of Brooklyn, (8 sheets), 1855

Perris, William, Plan of the city of Brooklyn, (15 sheets), 1855

Dripps, Matthew, Map of the city of Brooklyn, 1869

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the entire city of Brooklyn, 1880

New! Hopkins, G.M. Detailed Estate and Old Farm Line Atlas of The City of Brooklyn, 1880

Robinson, Elisha, Robinson's atlas of the city of Brooklyn, New York, 1886

Robinson, Elisha, Robinson's atlas of Kings County, New York, 1890

Ullitz, Hugo, Atlas of the Brooklyn borough of the City of New York, 1898-99

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn, 1907-8

Manhattan

Sackersdorff, O., Maps of farms commonly called the Blue book, 1815 (1868)

Perris, William, Maps of the city of New York, 1852-4

New! Serrell, J. Maps & profiles of ground for new reservoir situated between 86th and 96th streets and between 5th and 7th avenues, 1855

New! Perris, W. Maps of the City of New York. v.1, 1855

New! ???. Maps of the wharves and piers on the Hudson and East rivers from the Battery to 13th St., New York, 1855

New! Perris, W. Maps of the City of New York. v.1, 1857

New! ???. Maps of the Wharves & Piers from the Battery to 61st Street on the Hudson River and from the Battery to 41st Street on the East River New York, 1860

Perris, William, Maps of the city of New York, 1857-62

Dripps, Matthew, Plan of New York City, 1867

New! Perris & Browne. Insurance Maps of The City of New York, v.2, 1868

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, 1897

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, 1898-99

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, 1911

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, v.4, 1916

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the borough of Manhattan, Desk Ed., 1916

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, 1920-22

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, v.2, 1920

N.Y.C. Parks Department, Topographical survey of portion of Central Park, 1939-48

Queens

Wolverton, Chester, Atlas of Queens County, Long Island, 1891

Bromley, G.W., Atlas of the city of New York, borough of Queens, 1909

Staten Island

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Staten Island, Richmond County, New York, 1874

Borough of Richmond, Topographical Survey, Staten Island, N.Y. 1:1,800, 1906-1913

New! Robinson, E. Atlas of the Borough of Richmond, City of New York, 1907

New! Bromley, G.W. Atlas of the City of New York, Borough of Richmond, 1917

Multiple Boroughs

Beers, F.W., Atlas of New York and vicinity, 1868

Beers, F.W., Atlas of Long Island, New York, 1873

Viele, Egbert L., Topographical atlas of the city of New York, 1874

Robinson, Elisha, Atlas of the city of New York, v.5, 1883

Robinson, Elisha, Atlas of the city of New York, 1885

New! NYC, Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Area District Map [Zoning], 1916

New! NYC, Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Height District Map [Zoning], 1916

New! NYC, Board of Estimate and Apportionment. Use District Map [Zoning], 1916

New York, N.Y. Engineering Bureau, Sectional aerial maps of the City of New York, 1924